Nominations close in South Australia
Nominations were declared yesterday afternoon for South Australia's 47 House of Assembly seats as well as the Legislative Council contest.
There was a very large...
Tasmanian redistribution release – live
1:55 - I'm going to actually finish this liveblog here, with a short video running through the changes.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dIrE0I8HLxk
1:24 - What I hope will be my...
South Australia – One Nation ahead of Liberals in candidate announcements
Nominations will be announced next Monday for the upcoming South Australian state election.
As we get closer to that deadline, I've been updating my list...
14 is not enough
According to reporting in the Sydney Morning Herald today, and from other conversations with journalists, it sounds like the federal Labor government is on the...
Podcast #163 – Home ownership, renting and voting
How does owning your home or renting impact on how you vote? For today's podcast, Ben was joined by Shaun Ratcliff and Josh Goddard...
Farrer by-election coming soon
Sussan Ley has announced that she will be retiring from politics following her loss of the Liberal leadership this morning.
That means there will be...
Podcast #162 – Thailand swings to the right
In last Sunday's Thai general election, voters swung strongly to current prime minister Anutin's Bhumjaithai Party, or BJT. In this podcast, Ben...
Two more by-elections coming up
Two different politicians announced their retirements today due to health reasons, causing two by-elections that are worth watching.
Kat McNamara won the Northern Territory seat...
Ending the OPV-CPV wars
One of the most common arguments regarding Australian electoral systems concerns whether voters are required to number every box on their ballot paper in...
In Queensland, OPV gives and OPV takes away
The current LNP state government in Queensland was elected on a promise of restoring the Optional Preferential Voting (OPV) system used in the state...